Cichlid compatibility

[chew valley]

I have never kept cichlids but decided I want to keep lake Malawi ones soon.

I have a 240l tank (63 us gallons, 52 uk). Would like to have 4 yellow labs, 6 afra, 6 red zebra and 4 acei. Just one male of each species as understand this is what you should do.

So would they be fine together and is 20 fish too many for this tank?

 

[Slade]

20 is pushing it for this size tank, but is doable with enough filtration especially if they are juveniles. For this size tank. I'd cut it back to 3 species instead of 4 . They're hard to sex without venting or seeing a holding female so you might wind up with more males than you want initially and re-home some later on. Good luck, mbuna are great.

 

[Jess1ca]

Filtration AND hiding spots, with that many fish try not to slack on the rockwork, Ur fish will appreciate it

 

[xfactor6699]

I think that you will be fine with that stock.....i have 30 fish in my 55g and they do great with these kind of cichlids you want to overstock a little to cut down on aggression